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Got it. These Chromebooks are not going to win any design awards, but they are surprisingly tough. I've seen third graders, drop them by accident, carry them open by the screen, bash on keys, yank on cords, etc. They take them out on the school bus. Shove them back into backpacks. No protective case or cover. Pretty impressive!
Ah, but, you don't see the Great Chromebook Graveyard... where crushed, mangled, keyless, screen-cracked, Chrombooks go to die...
They ARE tough... but, they're not un-killable. Students can find all sorts of way to kill 'em!
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d4 wrote:
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What do you mean by "1:1 Devices" ?
My kids are 8 and 11. Elementary and Middle School. Both my kids are lent (for the school year) locked down Chromebooks and chargers. They carry the Chromebooks back and forth to school and home. Returning them at the end of the school year.
Upper middle class area. High taxes due to the schools.
Those are 1:1 devices. 1:1 device programs mean that a school or district has provided a device to all students.
Got it. These Chromebooks are not going to win any design awards, but they are surprisingly tough. I've seen third graders, drop them by accident, carry them open by the screen, bash on keys, yank on cords, etc. They take them out on the school bus. Shove them back into backpacks. No protective case or cover. Pretty impressive!
What model?
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Chromebooks. Underpowered 4GB 11" Pentium Dell ones before the current school year and excellent 16GB 13" Core i5 Dell ones this year. The current Chromebooks are better than any Mac I own.
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What model?
Dunno about his school - toughest ones we've had have been the Lenovo 500e. Not a single pulled-off key! Only crunched screen was from the full weight of a 7th grader on the backpack it was in. Can't really armor against that.
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Paul F. wrote:
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What model?
Dunno about his school - toughest ones we've had have been the Lenovo 500e. Not a single pulled-off key! Only crunched screen was from the full weight of a 7th grader on the backpack it was in. Can't really armor against that.
I have 1000 300e Gen 1s and nothing but problems with broken screens, bad digitizers, broken power buttons, and keyboard keys not responding.
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C(-)ris wrote:
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[quote=d4]
What do you mean by "1:1 Devices" ?
My kids are 8 and 11. Elementary and Middle School. Both my kids are lent (for the school year) locked down Chromebooks and chargers. They carry the Chromebooks back and forth to school and home. Returning them at the end of the school year.
Upper middle class area. High taxes due to the schools.
Those are 1:1 devices. 1:1 device programs mean that a school or district has provided a device to all students.
Got it. These Chromebooks are not going to win any design awards, but they are surprisingly tough. I've seen third graders, drop them by accident, carry them open by the screen, bash on keys, yank on cords, etc. They take them out on the school bus. Shove them back into backpacks. No protective case or cover. Pretty impressive!
What model?
They both use:
Acer
R751T Series
Model No. N16Q14
https://www.google.com/chromebook/device...-11-r751t/
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C(-)ris wrote:
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What model?
Dunno about his school - toughest ones we've had have been the Lenovo 500e. Not a single pulled-off key! Only crunched screen was from the full weight of a 7th grader on the backpack it was in. Can't really armor against that.
I have 1000 300e Gen 1s and nothing but problems with broken screens, bad digitizers, broken power buttons, and keyboard keys not responding.
We have the same issues with the 100e's... The 500e's seem to be a different beast (in addition to being fold-back-tablets...). I won't be ordering the 100e's or 300e's... The 500e's, last I looked, had gone up so much in price, I don't think we'll be getting any more of those, either.
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Paul F. wrote:
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[quote=C(-)ris]
What model?
Dunno about his school - toughest ones we've had have been the Lenovo 500e. Not a single pulled-off key! Only crunched screen was from the full weight of a 7th grader on the backpack it was in. Can't really armor against that.
I have 1000 300e Gen 1s and nothing but problems with broken screens, bad digitizers, broken power buttons, and keyboard keys not responding.
We have the same issues with the 100e's... The 500e's seem to be a different beast (in addition to being fold-back-tablets...). I won't be ordering the 100e's or 300e's... The 500e's, last I looked, had gone up so much in price, I don't think we'll be getting any more of those, either.
Interesting. I've got demos of a half a dozen Chromebooks right now and the 100e seems to be the most solid feeling design. Can't afford the 500e at the current prices.
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The 100e's have been OK... really. Sending the home for a year was rough on ALL of the Chromebooks we have. The 100e's have held up well physically (keyboards and screens), but, several broken power/usb-c ports, and some dead batteries on ones new enough they shouldn't have died. May not be indicative of their actual ruggedness, given how they got the crap beat out of them along with three other models that fared no better. The 500e's were champs, though... but, their price SKYROCKETED even before COVID. I'm more disappointed with the 100e's because the 500e's were so good.
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